Standing ancestor figure · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3033643
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Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny brown patina, typical form and posture, saucer-shaped ears (Mumuye women used to wear such wooden plugs in the ears), rep. (right arm), fissures, slight traces of abrasion, on base
The object Standing ancestor figure with the object ID 3033643 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 309.
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